Training Log Archive: Spur

Tinto Twin night-o at Lanark Loch. Started ok but got scrappy after a 180 error leaving 7, had a couple of arguments with the terrain and the map, and fell in the mud. Probably lost about 6 minutes. Alex ran 55. Despite errors, 1215 BOF ranking points, equal best of the year.

FVO night-o at Gallamuir, planned by GG. Curious area covered in ferns, next to a factory churning out luminous smoke. Ok to 1 but missed 2 too high in the low visibility, and also missed it on both loop revisits (controls 5 and 8). Found plenty of grot and extra ground shapes on the way to 9, and also met Dr John running away from it heading for a dnf. Made hard work of 10 but did ok through to 16. But then lost about 6 mins at 17, must have run past it twice tucked behind a root-stock, and eventually found control collectors standing next to it...flustered realising time was marching on, rushed 20, wandered around looking for the earth-wall and got led into it by the control collector...who kindly stopped me doing a 180 to the last control (which was being lifted as I arrived!). Maybe should have done the short course.